Peace for the World

Peace for the World
First democratic leader of Justice the Godfather of the Sri Lankan Tamil Struggle: Honourable Samuel James Veluppillai Chelvanayakam

Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Sri Lanka should evolve a green energy 

missionto be achieved before 2030 - Dr. 

Abdul Kalam 


2015-06-30
Dr. Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, an eminent scientist and engineer who has also served as the 11th president of India from the period 2002 to 2007 is a man of vision. Dr. Kalam is always been richly equipped with ideas aimed at the development of the country. He firmly believes that India needs to play a more assertive role in international relations. Making his presence as the keynote speaker at the International Symposium on Energy Challenges in the Knowledge Economy held in Sri Lanka on June 26, Dr. Kalam expressed his ideas on concepts such as Carbon neutral cities and most importantly the SAARC Energy Independence Platform: Livable Planet Earth. 

Excerpts are as follows: I am delighted to participate and address at the International Symposium on Energy Challenges in the Knowledge Economy, here in the beautiful city of Colombo. I am happy to know that this Symposium is organised by the Ministry of Power and Energy. Sri Lanka which envisages organising the scientific knowledge base for plan implementation and will provide the forum for Sri Lankan, invited foreign experts in the field to discuss, debate and share futuristic knowledge relevant to the challenges that the nation is facing in the evolving economy.